John Garner Jr. Oral History

Object number2019.001.0094

Date08/02/2019

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject John Garner Jr.

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 57 Minutes

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Collections

Dallas Motorcade
Civil Rights Movement
All Online Objects
Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with John Garner Jr. A native of Louisiana, Garner observed the Kennedy motorcade near the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Lemmon Avenue. He later witnessed a Ku Klux Klan rally in Dealey Plaza in the 1970s. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on August 2, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Mr. Garner passed away on February 3, 2021. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator